In the Midwest.

Student's Death Likely Accidental

January 18, 1999|By From Tribune News Services.

BIG RAPIDS, MICHIGAN — Foul play probably was not involved in the death of a Ferris State University who fell from her third-floor bedroom window after a night of drinking, the school's president said.

Adriane Allen, a 20-year-old dental hygiene student from Williamston, died Friday afternoon after falling the previous night from the window in her off-campus apartment. Officials would not release the results of an autopsy Saturday.

"We won't do anything until we get the final medical report," Ferris State President William Sederburg said.

"But we still have to conduct our own internal investigation of the circumstances surrounding Miss Allen's death."

Messages left Sunday with the Big Rapids Department of Public Safety were not immediately returned.